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1. (n.) keeper
a person who guards or watches, as a prison warden.
2. keeper
a guardian.
3. keeper
a person who owns or operates a business:
a hotelkeeper.
4. keeper
a person responsible for the maintenance of something:
a zookeeper.
5. keeper
a person responsible for the preservation and conservation of something valuable, as a curator or game warden.
6. keeper
a fish large enough to be caught and retained lawfully.
7. keeper
a football play in which the quarterback runs with the ball.
8. keeper
something that serves to hold in place, retain, etc.
Etymology: (1250–1300)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) keeper
someone in charge of other people
"am I my brother's keeper?"
2. (noun) custodian, keeper, steward
one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals
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1. (noun) keeper
sb whose job is to take care of sth
a zoo keeper
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Keeper
one who, or that which, keeps; one who, or that which, holds or has possession of anything
2. (noun) Keeper
one who retains in custody; one who has the care of a prison and the charge of prisoners
3. (noun) Keeper
one who has the care, custody, or superintendence of anything; as, the keeper of a park, a pound, of sheep, of a gate, etc. ; the keeper of attached property; hence, one who saves from harm; a defender; a preserver
4. (noun) Keeper
one who remains or keeps in a place or position
5. (noun) Keeper
a ring, strap, clamp, or any device for holding an object in place; as: (a) The box on a door jamb into which the bolt of a lock protrudes, when shot. (b) A ring serving to keep another ring on the finger. (c) A loop near the buckle of a strap to receive the end of the strap
6. (noun) Keeper
a fruit that keeps well; as, the Roxbury Russet is a good keeper
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The Standard Electrical Dictionary |
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1. Keeper
A bar of soft iron used to connect the opposite poles of a horseshoe magnet or the opposite poles of two bar magnets placed side by side. It is designed to prevent loss of magnetism. The armature of a horseshoe magnet is generally used as its keeper. For bar magnets a keeper is used for each end, the magnets being laid side by side, with their poles in opposite direction but not touching, and a keeper laid across at each end connecting the opposite poles.
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Sense: a person who looks after something, eg animals in a zoo
The lion has killed its keeper.
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 Afrikaans: bewaarder, bewaker |
 Arabic: حارِس، مُحافِظ |
 Bulgarian: пазач |
 Brazilian: guarda |
 Czech: dozorce, ošetřovatel |
 German: der Wärter |
 Danish: dyrepasser; -passer |
 Greek: φύλακας |
 Spanish: guarda, guardián |
 Estonian: valvur |
 Farsi: نگهبان؛ متصدی |
 Finnish: hoitaja |
 French: gardien/-ienne |
 Hebrew: שׁוֹמֵר |
 Hindi: पालक, रखवाला |
 Croatian: čuvar |
 Hungarian: őr(ző) |
 Indonesian: pemelihara |
 Icelandic: vörður, gæslumaður |
 Italian: custode, guardiano |
 Japanese: 飼育係 |
 Korean: 사육자 |
 Lithuanian: prižiūrėtojas |
 Latvian: uzraugs; sargs; glabātājs |
 Malay: penjaga |
 Dutch: bewaarder |
 Norwegian: dyrepasser; fangevokter |
 Polish: dozorca |
 Persian: نگهبان؛ متصدی |
 Pashto: ساتونكى،چپراسى |
 Portuguese: guarda |
 Romanian: paznic |
 Russian: смотритель |
 Slovak: dozorca, -kyňa |
 Slovenian: čuvaj |
 Serbian: čuvar |
 Swedish: skötare, vårdare, vakt[ar |
 Thai: คนเลี้ยง |
 Turkish: bakıcı |
 Taiwanese: 看守員，管理員(如動物園管理員) |
 Ukrainian: доглядач; сторож |
 Urdu: رکھوالا |
 Vietnamese: người chăm sóc |
 Chinese: 看守人，管理人（如动物园的饲养员） |
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